Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza

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Stylish Shopping District

Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza (旧軽井沢銀座), also known as Kyu-Karuizawa main street, is the shopping district located in Karuizawa, Nagano. It has about 500m long and many fashion shops, gift shops, and restaurants. Karuizawa is very famous for travel spot during the summer because the temperature is very low even in summer. Right now, there is Shinkansen Station, so many people visit here for all seasons.

Detailed Travel Guide

Karuizawa is very famous for fruits Jam. There are many stores sales original Jams. Also, traditional craft arts, food stands, restaurants, gift shops and fashion shops are located. There are also many imported item stores are opened.

Karuizawa became famous after Canadian Missionary built his secondary house at Karuizawa. After that, many famous people built their secondary houses in here.

There are many rental bicycle stores. So, travelers use bikes to visit many tourist spots in Karuizawa.